Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-29

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Ths sheasricmi pEskaasiou ID feeling
tie ELECTS Of the usw railroad Law very
naturally. Tbs presanre bears npoa
them n two says. HeFes fors travel
ing companies hare besa able 10 seeure
rsduced Faa1eneeR RAtes. amoantlng IN
some instances 20 nearly enc half the
Feg1isE rates, IN oonsi6sxaai0c Of the
ansuEt Of travelling tbey have TO do. it
seemed 10 moes than fair that COM
paay nanbsFina arywheFs fF0n dozen
- 1fty pe9ple o. more who traveled
from Eve tb0uasnd 70 twsnfy Eve fkou
sand mics . ysaT, should have . loser
rate than ths ainRle individual who
Travelled bus dozen miles year. But
the new Law prohibits oil dissr1minA-
stona Of thas e0rt, or IS Last the rail-
waYs interpEet is 10 mszn that, and % all
eompanses are compelled 10 pay fail fare,
whsthsr they number two o. efty peopse
and WHISTLER they travel few or many
niie4 u was also customary 70 aIlow
companies % mnnh excess 81 baggage
or rather q reduced rate on all Shove
the aDonht usually carried fres for eao1
pexs0n. There seemed 10 be an eqaity
10 thas also. on the same principle Of
concessions 70 the large shfpper thas
prevailed In ether kimk1s Of tEafhs. Bus
this also 10 Gus OF under she new las,
and the excess Of baggage IL charged
np 20 the company ~ she reaulax rates.
The effect upon the theatrical business
ID shat the enfoEeemenf Of shese kwo
conditions means Q practical pruhibi-
kien Of travel for some eompanies 20
some places. Contrary 20 What miQhs
be the 6rgt opinion, the burden will fall
uaoss disastssasly net apan the cheap
snap companies shas are accustomed %
ladies' Themselves upon the eommunisv
and expensive companies. The barn
of extra baggage 70 carry arouRd. Then
they can step In the ANAL towns, trav
cling she short distances in which ear
fare will be Of litsle account. But the
larger eomp8nies that like Robson and
Craze OF Lawrence Barrett carry With
them ear loads Of special scenery and
properties, and play IN the larger towns
viii be uaabls to travel the long dis
ianoss except between cities where they
can make week stands. OF step several
nights, at least long enough 20 get back
their travelling expenses. The result
will probably be that the larger and
moFe important companies will spend
more Of their time In the large cities
and less upon the road. IL u also prob
able thai the changed order OF thinQa
will tend 10 bring back the old system
Of stock companies for che larger citGes.
II there are veil drilled supporting CEN.
pAniss that can be found when needed
the stars can travel about from oue
large city 30 aDotheR at slight expense.
There are many in the Theatrical pro.
fessiou Who believe that return TO the
stock system would be q good thing for
the stage in . dramatic way. There d
no doubt that the old drill Of the stock
eompaRv, where the members had "a
Keep right up fresh on q large numbeS
Of the plays usually given. was the very
best training for an actor. All of thu
old artists Of the stage came up through
that sort Of Discipline, and are livinG
witnesses Of its value. So IL the neu
cOmmeras law drives managers to re.
sort to che old stock system again, ths
changes In rates will NOT be an unmixed
evil to the profession after ell.